Bottle-filling device



(No Model.)

0. BITTER & A. W. STANGE.

BOTTLB FILLING DEVICE. I

No. 437,000. Patented Sept. 28, 1890..

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CHRISTIAN BITTER AND AUGUST w. STANGE, or- PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-FILLING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,000, dated September 23, 1890.

Application filed June 11,1890. Serial No. 355,016. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that We, CHRISTIAN BITTER and AUGUST W. STANGE, citizens of the United States, residing in the cityand county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Filling' Devices, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to improvements in a bottle-filling device; and it consists, first, of mechanism, substantially as described, for operating the valve thereof; second, of means, substantially as described, for locking the operating-valve mechanism, and, third, of the combination of parts herein set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a device embodying our invention. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of a modification or portion thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a valve or faucet having the inlet-pipe B, with an end adapted for insertion in akeg, barrel, &c., and an outlet or discharge pipe 0.

The valve proper D is provided with a stem E, which latter is pivotally connected with a lever F, which is mounted-on a link G, the latter being pivotally connected with a standard H, attached to the body of the valve.

Secured to the lever F is a two-part springarm J, having the upper end of one of the parts thereof bent to enter one of a series of openings K in said lever, the end of the other limb, which is elastic, being on the opposite side of the lever and bearing against said bent end. The lower end of the arm J has a ring L adapt-ed to encircle the pipe 0 and move thereon, so that when the neck of the bottle to be filled is placed on the lower end of the pipe 0 and forced against said ring, the latter sliding on the pipe operates the lever F so as to raise the valve, thereby permittin g the flow of the liquid into the bottle.

A spring M is pivoted in the present case to the axis of the link G, and having an opening N in its free end to engage with a pin P on the stem E, so as to lock the'stem when the valve is closed, and hold the same in such condition, said pin in the present case being i the pivot which connects the lever F with the valve-stem.

Then a drinking-glass or wide-mouth bottle is to be filled, I provide the ring with a laterally-extending foot J and a depending leg J 2 for guiding and locating said glass or bottle to and in position, and preventing both vertical and lateral displacement of the same.

It will be noticed that the series of openings K in the lever permits an adjustment of the arm J thereon, so as to control the movement of the lever, and consequently the height of the rise of the stem with valve, and thereby the quantity of the flow of the liquid.

In operating the device, the neck of the bottle to be filled is placed on the pipe C and moved thereon so as to force the lower end of the arm J with which it comes in contact,

upward, thereby raising the outer end of the lever F and lifting the stem E, which latter, owing to the link G connection of the lever, preserves a right-line movement in its rising and falling motions. The lifting of the stem raises the valve from its seat, thereby permitting the liquid entering the valve-chamber through the pipe B to pass through the pipe 0, and thus into the bottle, or glass. When the bottle or glass has been filled, the pressure is removed from the ring by lowering the bottle on the discharge-pipe, thus permitting the valve to drop and thus be closed and the flow of liquid to thereby cease.

The arm M may be secured to the valvestem for locking the same when it is desired to render the device inoperative.

It will be seen that the device is easily operated, one person only being required to .manipulate the bottles in the filling operation.

' Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bottle-filling device having a stationary discharge-pipe connected therewith, a valve with an operating-lever, an arm secured to said lever, and a ring connected with said arm and movable on said discharge-pipe, said parts being combined substantially as de scribed.

2. A bottle filling device having a valve with an operating-lever pivotally secured to its stem, and an arm detachably connected at one end to said lever, and having a ring on its other end adapted to be moved on the discharge-pipe of the faucet, substantially as described. v

3. A bottle-filling device having a valve with operating-lever pivotally secured to its stem outside of the valve-chamber, and an arm connected with said lever and adapted to be moved by the contact of a bottle or other liquid-receptacle moving on the discharge-pipe of the faucet, said parts being combined substantially as described.

4. A bottle-filling device having a valve with an operating-lever pivotally secured to its stem, said lever being provided with a series of openings, an arm with an end havin g means, substantially as d escribed, adapted for securing the arm to said lever at said openings, and a ring secured to said arm and moving on the discharge-pipe of the faucet, said parts being combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A bottle-filling device having a rising and falling valve, with stem provided with a pin thereon, an operating-lever and link pivotally connected, and a spring-arm pivoted to the axis of the link, and adapted to engage the said pin, said parts being combined substantially as described.

6. A bottle-filling device having a valve with an operating-lever provided with a series of openings in one of its limbs, and a spring-arm having one end adapted to be secured in either of said openings and its other end, which is provided with a ring, adapted to move on the discharge-pipe of the device, said parts being combined substantially as described.

7. A bottle-filling device having a valve with an operating-lever, a two-part springarm adj ustably connected with said lever and having a ring moving on the discharge-pipe of the device, said ring being provided with a laterally-extending foot and a depending leg, said parts being combined substantially as described.

CHRISTIAN BITTER. AUGUS" W. STANGE.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN A. IEDERsHEIM, J. GORDON SHOWAKER. 

